#WithChude Chude Jideonwo

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This was a #WithChude classic, and usually those only happen with veterans. But this one was.

In between the most beautiful tears, cool kid and It-girl Stephanie Coker tells me about the heartbreak from her second IVF operation just last year, after spending over $40,000 and travelling to Los Angeles. She said after the IVF failed she called her friend and asked: ‘So where is the baby?’. She felt the baby rejected her because the baby didn’t like her and all she wanted to do after was die.

IVF was the only option because of her diagnosis of PCOS - a condition that led to her bleeding so much last year that she fainted and had to be rushed to the hospital, where she was confined to a wheelchair and at one point had to sleep outside in the garden because the ‘internal heat’ was too much.

And then in that same year, her husband lost his elections - held in the face of intense public scrutiny.

All of this while people think she has had the easiest life, using her British passport and her accent to build a career-to-die-for in Nigeria and having her wedding in an idyllic Greek island.

It was in the course of this interview that it occurred to her that, from the intense pain and shame of PCOS she has endured for two decades has finally come some light - her ‘Where the heck is my period? documentary that is rave of the moment.

“This feels like a release,” she said during the interview, and then at the end. “This was like therapy for me.”

I love our conversation so much, and I am so happy to be able to share this gem with you today.

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#WithChude is a special series of targeted multimedia (video, audio, text, event) conversations and investigations that leverage the voice, network and passion of its host, Chude Jideonwo and his interviews, to underline issues, raise consciousness and spark movements; especially in Africa and for Africans.

#WithChude has been revolutionary at the forefront of issues around sexual abuse, depression, HIV/AIDs, diversity, shame amongst others, and continues to break new ground – holding space, sharing grace, and calling in.

Focused on narratives that enable and strengthen the mind (mental health), heart (emotional health) and spirit (spiritual health), its themes center on empathy, compassion, mindfulness, wellness, happiness, love, joy and food for the soul.

Beyond inspiration, beyond motivation, this is about connection.

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Segun Arinze never talks about his personal life and so I am grateful that he shared these truths with me.

He talks about navigating the very public divorce with his fellow actor wife, how he handled the public attention and the years he spent in tearful prayer to God asking for a new partner.

We talk about the depression that followed the massive success of the ‘Black Arrow’ character that made him a star - while the world celebrated him, the role caged him.

We talk about his silence after his daughter called him out on social media, and why he will not join issues with his family on social media

And we talk about those terrible years when he was blacklisted by Nollywood, and voice overs saved his life.

It’s Segun Arinze, in full colour

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